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Travel Blogs from Tokushima

... very first shinkansen, the Tokaido Bullet Train. He had also served as the mayor of Saijo City and was the fourth President of Japan Railways. Without his dedication and drive, the Japanese Shinkansen may not be where it is now.

There wasn't much else in the museum, so Lynne, John and myself wandered around the small town. Joseph stayed behind. We found ourselves in the old town with its shopping arcade. Some of the buildings looked condemned and there ...

... going on with some music which you can hear in the video clip. Our next stop were these massive fields filled with sunflower seeds. Shiho explained that this area was really trying to become known for the sunflowers. They just made you feel so happy when you saw them because of their bright colour. Next we stopped for lunch. I trusted Shiho's choice for me as the menu was all in Japanese and there ...

... stay in Tatsue and then the last night in Osaka. The temple I stayed in is on the route for the pilgrims that wslk sround Shikoku. So it was a really different feeling than koya san. Not being a pilgrim I felt really out of place and noone really spoke any English. The head monk knew a few words, showed me my tatami room. The next time I saw him he had his fancy robes on and was chanting in the temple for ...

... called 'Open Field' was so mind blowing I don't think I can even describe it. You are escorted into a room with a blue square of light on the wall with black steps leading up to it. It was only me and a young Japanese guy and we were told to climb the steps and stand in front of this endless blue field of light , which I thought was a wall, But then we walked right INTO it. We ...

... station in the middle of nowhere. The "town" had no shops and it only had the local outdoor vending machines as supplies. Having not eaten and knowing we had a further 2 hour train ride, we had to settle for a "calorie mate" bar which can only be described as a gone off Scottish shortbread biscuit without any sugar. Delicious. To accompany the calorie mate bar we each had an awful canned coffee which had clearly been in the vending machine for years as no one ever ...